syn: physical, bodily, corporeal, corporal agree in pertaining to the body. physical means connected with or pertaining to the animal or human body as a material organism: physical strength.bodily means belonging to or concerned with the human body as distinct from the mind or spirit: bodily sensations.corporeal, a more poetic and philosophical word, refers esp. to the mortal substance of which the body is composed, as opposed to spirit: our corporeal existence.corporal is usu. reserved for reference to suffering inflicted on the human body: corporal punishment.

In his poem of the same name, John Fuller gets physical, musing as he runs through his lover's attributes: "I like your cheeks, I like your nose,/ I like the way your lips disclose/ The neat arrangement of your teeth/ (Half above and half beneath)/ In rows.

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